Karl avieser



PATENTED JAN. 26, ll

K. WIESER.

PROJEGTILE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

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KARL \YIESER, ()F RI 'VIENSCI IICll), NEAR ESSEN-()N-' lllE-RUIIR, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR 'lt) FRIED. KltUll, OF ESSENON-'lHE-RUHR, GERMANY.

PBOJECTILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 50,328, dated January 26, 1904.

Application filed January 9, 1902. Serial No. 89,043. (No n del.)

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Be it known that l, KARI. \Yncsten, residing at lii'ittenscheid, near Essen-onthe-ltuhr termany. have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvements in Projectiles. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a projectile having a pr ')teeting-cap constructed of metal applied over the fuse, and has for its object to facilitate the application of the cap over the fuse screwed into the end of the projectile and permit a quick and sure separation of the cap from the fuse or projectile. These objects are attained :u-eording to this invention by having a cap consisting of a single piece of metal secured upon the outer. face of the projectile and adapted to be. removed from said t'use or projectile by splitting it from its base to its apex.

An embodimei'it ot' the invention is shown y way of illustration in the aeeompanying drawings, Figure 1 being a longitudinal section. and Fig. 2 a side view. of the embodiment.

- The protecting-cap A is constructed of a thin sheet metal (aluminium or tin-plate being suitable) having a conical shape, conforming to that ol the fuse. lts height is such that it covers the separatlug-joint li between the projectile and fuse 1). lo the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a wire. I) is riveted to a washer about. halt-way up on the inner Face of the cap. This wire passes in a bow beneath the apex of the cap and onto a point in the rim of the cap. which is diametrically opposite the i l l i point of attachment to the cap, where. it is bent outward around the edge of the cap and terminates in a loop F. A fastening tor the cap. as well as the hermetic closure between the cap and projectile, may be accomplished in 4 ditlerent ways- -'t'or example, according to the form herein shown. by pressing a band H in the cap into an annular groove. in the shell of the projectile or by covering the joint be tween cap and projectile with shellac.

llavingdeserilnnlmy inventiomwhat I claim as new therein is- .\n approximately conical-shaped metallic protecting-cap t'or projectile-fuses secured over the end of the fuse by fitting to the pe- 5 riphery thereof. and a tearing or ripping and detaching wire having one end secured to the cap on one side thereof, and passing thence to the other side of the fuse below the edge of the cap and causing the ap to come away with 55 the wire by splitting transversely, when the wire. is pulled, the litting part of the cap from the rim toward the apex, whereby one side of the cap is lirstopened and a pull is tinally given near the apex to permit the cap to be 00 removed from the fuse through the slit thus formed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

'itnesses:

WILLIAM Essrmwms, lrz'riclc lamina. 

